Poll: Biz owners down on Obama

JCA Staff — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:21:16 GMT

Business owners resoundingly oppose President Barack Obama’s policies, with nearly 60 percent disapproving of his job performance, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.

Obama's small business push

JCA Staff — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:55:41 GMT

President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a series of modest steps aimed at helping small businesses, his latest election-year effort to counter Republican attacks on his economic record and show voters he is trying to tackle high unemployment.

JCA leaders react to June's meager jobs report

JCA Staff — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:12:57 GMT

Job Creators Alliance members John Kane, Bob Luddy, and Billie Redmond expressed disappointment today, reacting to the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for the month of June.

SCOTUS ObamaCare ruling open thread

JCA Staff — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:45:17 GMT

Come join our discussion here or in our forums as we await the Supreme Court's decision this morning on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare.) Watch this space for the latest updates.

Update: CNN reports mandate struck down … developing …

Update: AP reports mandate upheld as a tax, but clearly there is a lot of confusion on this point.

Update: SCOTUSblog reports that Roberts says mandate is constitutional.

Update: The court upheld the mandate as a tax, notas part of a Commerce Clause jurisdiction. They narrowed the Medicaidexpansion, but it looks like the bill will survive mainly intact. CNN may be the biggest loser today.

Update: The court reinforces that individuals can simply refuse to pay the tax and not comply with the mandate.

In New York, Hispanic business owners must prove their ethnicity

JCA Staff — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:13:38 GMT

NPR looks into the vague and often contradictory rules for determining who is Hispanic, and why it matters.

The red tape diaries

JCA Staff — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:11:14 GMT

To ring in National Small Business Week, Nicholas Owens chronicles one small business owner's ongoing struggle against the bureaucratic leviathan.

Eamonn Butler's (Im)morality of taxation, pt. 2 - Eroding personal morality

JCA Staff — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:23:48 GMT

Join us here tomorrow for part two of Dr. Eamonn Butler's exclusive JCA series, the (im)morality of taxation.

Dr. Eamonn Butler joins JCA's blog

JCA Staff — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:26:18 GMT

Dr. Eamon Butler, the director and co-founder of Britain's leading free-market policy think tank, the Adam Smith Institute, will be blogging weekly for Job Creators Alliance.

Morning Bell: Hispanics and the 2012 Election

JCA Staff — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:49:36 GMT

After last week’s Republican primary elections in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., the 2012 presidential primary season is reaching an inflection point, and eyes are turning toward America’s final decision on Election Day in November.

Tom Stemberg: Regulations hit small businesses the most

JCA Staff — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:41:52 GMT

Tom Stemberg was on CNBC's "Squawk Box" talking jobs and obstacles to job creation.

Hispanic CEO takes a turn on Undercover Boss

JCA Staff — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:59:40 GMT

Hispanic fast food CEO Rick Silva took a turn on "Undercover Boss" and was shocked at what he found, prompting him to take immediate action to put things right.

Americans see tax and regulatory burdens discouraging job creation

JCA Staff — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:55:54 GMT

57% of adults believe tax and regulatory burden on businesses are slowing job creation.

Some Consequences of Government Ownership of Banks

JCA Staff — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:12:08 GMT

Mark Calabria at the Cato Institute takes a hard look at what happens when government gets into the banking business.

An alternative approach to unemployment

JCA Staff — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:52:40 GMT

Over at the Adam Smith Institute in London, they take a look at what's driving unemployment there and why the outlook is grim in 2012.

Over-regulated America

JCA Staff — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:49:04 GMT

The Economist says that the home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation.

Desperate for jobs, youth flee Obama

JCA Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:30:47 GMT

The Washington Examiner looks at how younger voters who are unemployed are turning away from a president they once supported.

Job Creators React To President's Budget

JCA Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:19:42 GMT

Members of the Job Creators Alliance issued the followingstatements reacting to the President's budget for Fiscal Year 2013.

Bernie Marcus Discusses His Views on Giving Away the Billion-Dollar Fortune He’s Amassed

JCA Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:06:31 GMT

Bernie Marcus has dedicated himself to giving away the $1.5 billion fortune. Here's why.

Health Costs, Gov't Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring

JCA Staff — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:48:11 GMT

According to Gallup, 85 percent of small businesses aren't hiring because of government concerns.

FACT CHECK: Has the Obama Administration Really Issued Fewer Regulations?

JCA Staff — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:54:46 GMT

The President’s budget repeats the claim President Obama made in his State of the Union Address that he has issued fewer regulations in the first three years of his Administration than President George W. Bush. While technically accurate, this claim is highly misleading.

Zelnak, JCA featured in Raleigh newspaper

JCA Staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:04:20 GMT

The Raleigh News & Observer had a Sunday feature about Stephen Zelnak and his new role with the Job Creators Alliance.